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I was talking with my mom today about my car and the various minor repairs I've done on it and then we went on a tangent about how older cars are easier to diy repair because they are all mechanical and don't have a computer in them like newer ones and someone we know just sold a car he rebuilt for like 80k and I said "You wouldn't know it by looking at him, but Billie Joe really likes rebuilding and restoring old cars." She said that didn't surprise her at all. She said "Oh, I can totally see that. If I were to guess his hobbies that would be one that I would put at the top of the list! He looks like a gear-head."

I hope Billie actually writes a song called Shut The F!@#$ Up When October Begins. I imagine the same riff from Wake Me Up, but fast and gnarly. Very heavy metal. Some industrial vibes. And of course, Father of All style vocals. Maybe a musical nod to Too Dumb to Die as well, because that's one of their best.

I was flipping through my Billie photos on my computer last night and decided to play a little game where I state which era a particular photo is from as fast as I can (specifically "is it AI or 21CB?"). I discovered by doing this that sometimes it's difficult to discern, especially late AI Billie when he had longer, fluffier hair. This just reinforces how ageless he can be. For example: The first is AI, the second is 21CB. Almost identical except for the level of eye makeup. I know for a fact the first two are AI and the second two are 21CB, but if I didn't already, it would be difficult to tell. These two I highly suspect are AI, but I don't know for sure and it's honestly anyone's guess. A handful of times I had to double take to decide whether a photo was 21CB or RevRad! How does he do it?!

Update from Jake on his Instagram story (forgot to post a couple of days ago)

Emirates Stadium - June 2013 All photos from the Getty Images website

Post concert depression has been hitting me so hard this week😣😣 on Monday it will be 4 weeks since I went to the show

@Slave To The Network I could not agree more! I have my pics sorted by era but did it quite recently and it was tough to decide which went where. It’s often down to what he’s wearing, the first two the leather jacket has no collar so I know it’s AI, the second it has a small collar and he wore it zipped up a lot so it’s 21CB. The first of the last two I think didn’t appear until a few years ago, I hadn’t seen it earlier but I think by the shirt it must be 21CB (put it in both folders just in case - now you know the extent of my habit) 😂😂 Third from the bottom is from AI premiere on Broadway and that messes my head as it’s during 21CB but about AI - the stress! 😂😂

For all you gear geeks, here is a rather in depth article on the gear used on the tour for all the bands. https://www.mixonline.com/live-sound/hella-mega-yeah-behind-the-audio-of-the-summers-biggest-tour?amp

More Green Day vinyls available at 1234Go Records if there's anything someone still needs for their collection

From Kevin's Instagram story (With Tre and the Bivona twins from The Interrupters)

I assume this is a fan photo. I saw it on @thatbillie's Instagram

Nobody's ever taken a 5088 on tour before...until now. Green Day's long-time FOH Engineer Kevin Lemoine walks us through why he chose a Rupert Neve Designs 5088 for this year's Hella Mega tour, how it's configured for his specific use, and (most importantly) how it sounds. The tour is now wrapped for 2021, but will be back in 2022. See you then.

Would’ve definitely been worthwhile if the audio wasn’t trimmed.

Meh not impressed. I wanted more BTS stuff especially with the Chicago show. The audio was nice but the video was pretty dull overall.

He only puts them on to eat pussy